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Originally Posted by LarryBible
If you don't EVER want to have to rebuild it or replace it, simply flush the system thoroughly and annually along with the brakes and you will NEVER have any hydraulic problems.
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Not quite true
. With a new clutch plate the slave piston is stroking in the front half of the cylinder,the full length of the cylinder being immersed in fluid. By the time the plate is worn out the piston is stroking in the rear half of the cylinder leaving the front half dry and exposed to air for perhaps several years. I was unlucky on both occasions I fitted a new plate and had a leaking slave within a few weeks. The front of the cylinder turned out to be heavily rusted and pitted chewing up the seal when the piston returned once more to the front.
But I agree with you - no point in replacing it until it does start to leak!
